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Citrus

★ 6.5 4K votes 2018–2018 1 season · 12 episodes Ended AT-X
Queer storiesLGBTQ+ lives and relationships at the center.This show: 10/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 10/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 8/10SentimentalOpenly emotional storytelling that reaches straight for the heartstrings.This show: 7/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Tomoaki MaenoKana UedaIkumi HayamaShiori IzawaYurika KuboRei Matsuzaki
Starring
Tomoaki MaenoKana UedaIkumi HayamaShiori IzawaYurika KuboRei Matsuzaki
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"Melodramatic yuri romance that sparked genuine fan debate"

Citrus follows Yuzu, a fashionable girl who transfers to a strict all-girls school, only to discover her new stepsister is the school's rigid, no-nonsense student council president. Forced under one roof and thrown into an uneasy family dynamic, the two clash before something more complicated develops between them. The show leans hard into melodrama, moody visuals, and swirling romantic tension rather than comedy or slice-of-life ease. It moves quickly through emotional beats, prioritizing mood and yearning over subtlety, and its intensity (and the stepsister framing) has made it a divisive, talked-about entry in the yuri romance genre.

Watch it for

the moody, emotionally charged central relationship that drives most of the drama.

Maybe skip if

you want a gentle, low-stakes romance rather than intense, melodrama-heavy conflict.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12018
7.22K124h 39m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Love Affair!?7.2
20023 min
▶2One's First Love7.2
17923 min
▶3Sisterly Love?7.2
17424 min
▶4Love Me Do!7.0
16524 min
▶5Under Lover7.6
16723 min
▶6Out of Love7.5
16123 min
▶7Love or Lie!7.0
16224 min
▶8War of Love7.0
15723 min
▶9Love is7.3
15723 min
▶10Winter of Love6.9
16023 min
▶11Love You Only7.0
15623 min
▶12My Love Goes on and on7.6
17623 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Tomoaki Maeno Sho Aihara
Kana Ueda Ume Aihara
Ikumi Hayama Kayo Maruta
Shiori Izawa Matsuri Mizusawa
Yurika Kubo Himeko Momokino
Rei Matsuzaki Nina Tachibana
Hisako Kanemoto Sara Tachibana
Amber Lee Connors Mei Aihara
Megan Shipman Yuzu Aihara
Ayana Taketatsu Yuzu Aihara

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